Don’t Forget To Wear Your Mittens: WHOPPER WATCH

Published 09/09/2023 · Updated 09/09/2023

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“The event is outdoors so please dress in weather-appropriate attire with comfortable walking shoes.”
City press release on “official opening” of Commanda Bridge.

Wow. Talk about nanny nation.

Your agent worked from early morning to late night for 24 straight days during the ice storm of 1998. Parking his Citizen car on a farmer’s driveway and then sat in it as it slowly slid to the edge of rather large drop into a valley. Dodged an enormous branch that fell out of a tree in the Arboretum. Covered the only death in the storm. Drove over hundreds of downed power lines. Survived quite a few photo ops from fake events by politicians and their handlers. Caught a nasty case of bronchitis at the end of the 24 days.

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Not only that, I wore “weather appropriate attire” but still managed to get wet or cold or cold and wet. Saw people at their best and their worst. Was threatened and thanked.

So do reporters today need apparel instructions to cover a press conference? Likely not.

Do they need to by ferried to the press conference because there’s no parking nearby? Unlikely.

Anyway scribblers … don’t forget a scarf, a toque and those mittens you had as a kid that had the string that went behind you back.

I hope everyone is okay. The release is below:

Ken Gray

Media are invited to join Mayor Mark Sutcliffe for the official opening ceremony of the Chief William Commanda Bridge.

The Mayor will be joined by the Honourable Greg Fergus, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the President of the Treasury Board and Member of Parliament for Hull-Aylmer, Grand Chief Savanna McGregor, Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council, Councillor Frankie Cote, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, Chief Greg Sarazin, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, Grand Chief Lisa Robinson, Algonquin Nation Programs and Services Secretariat and Chief of Wolf Lake First Nation, Elder Claudette Commanda, Chancellor of the University of Ottawa and Algonquin Anishinaabe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, and members of the Commanda family.

Date: Saturday, September 9
Time: 1:30 pm
Location: Chief William Commanda Bridge (Ottawa entrance), Bayview Yards, Bayview Station Road, Ottawa, ON K1Y 2C5

Shuttle: There is no parking on-site. A shuttle service will be available for all guests at the Lisgar Street entrance of Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West. Departure will be at 1 pm with a return of approximately 3:15 pm.

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Media are asked to confirm their attendance at medias@ottawa.ca before 4 pm on Friday, September 8.

The event is outdoors so please dress in weather-appropriate attire with comfortable walking shoes. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will not be required.